Currency-holder.



I'. KOHLHAAS.

CURRENCY HOLDER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 11mm, 1910.

986,069. Patented Maw/,1911.

FRANK J. KOHLHAAS, OF CALUMET, MICHIGAN.

cUnanncY-norinnn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

l'atented Mar. 7, i211.

Application filed December t?, 19H). Serial No. 595,996.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK J. Kennin-nis: a citizen of the United States,residing at Calumet, in the county of Houghton and State of lvlichigan7have invented certain new and useful improvements in Currency- Holders,of wnich the following is a speciiication7 reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in iiling devices andparticularly to improvements in devices having for their purpose to fileand hold currency in banks; and Aan object of this invention is toprovide a device which will enable currency in bank-cages to be handledconveniently and expeditiously.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device by means ofwhich the eurrency may be kept as compactly as possible within thelimited space available in bankcages and bank-vaults.

it third object of this invention is to provide a device by means ofwhich the currency will be securely held and be protected from beingtorn or wrinkled.

ln the drawings illustrating the principle of this invention and thebest mode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is a planview of my new currency holder; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the saine;3 is a section on the line Ami-'lr of F ig. 2 and Fig. tis a detailwhich shows the follower-plate in holding position.

The frame a of the device is made by bending a steel rod into til-shapeand then turning up the ends Z) of the side-bars c. To these ends isfastened an abutment-plate d which is inclined toward the base e of theframe, the inclination being about ten degrees from the vertical, as isbest shown in F 2. Mounted slidably upon the sidebars e of the frame ais a follower-plate f which is provided with a pair of legs g5 the loweror bas-e ends of which are formed with holes 7L. The axes of the holes7L are inclined at an angle of about ten degrees to the axes of theside-bars o, which pass through these holes. F rom this construction itresults that the follower-plate is mounted free to tilt on the side-barsc. When the follower-plate is thrown toward the abutment-plate Z (seedotted lines in Fig. 2) the follower-plate is released so that it may beslid along the sidebars o toward or from the abutment-plate d. When thefollower-plate is in holding position (that is7 thrown away from theabutment-plate), it is still inclined to the latter, the distancebetween the bases of these plates being then greater than the distancebetween their upper edges. This is an important feature of my invention,since it insures that the currency will be tirmly held in a sort of.vedge-shaped mass To the follower-plate f is fastened a card holder z'in which a card may be placed having' written upon it the naine of theteller and the amount of the bundle of currency held between the platesf, d. rihe base c of the frame serves as a bail or handle by which thedevice may be rapidly handled and convenient-ly carried.

)ue to the inclination of the plates f, l there is no danger of thecurrencys falling out, while the latter is being carried in the devicefrom the bank-vault to the tellers cage. The device permits of storing agreater amount of currency in a bank-vault than can otherwise be donesafely and couveniently. The device itself occupies very little space,is simple in construction, comparatively cheap in manufacture andetticient in use. if it be desired, the base e may be used as means forhanging' the device from overhead or upon the wall, whereby economy ofspace may still further be obtained.

The side-bars c and the base ends of the legs g are made of hardenedsteel to withstand the wear to which these parts are in use subjected.

l claim:

l. A device of the character described consisting of a U-shaped framehaving sidebars; an abutment-plate which is fastened to the ends of thelatter; and a follower'- plate having a pair of legs formed with holesthe axes of which are inclined to the axes of said side-bars, whichside-bars pass through said holes, whereby said followerplate is mountedslidably and free to tilt upon said side-bars; said abutment-plate andfollower-plate being in holding position inclined toward each other,whereby the distance between the bases of said plates in holdingposition is greater than the distance between their upper edges.

2. A device of the character described consisting of a frame formed of arod bent into tJ-shape; an abutment-plate which is fastened to the endsof said rod and which is inclined toward the base end of said frame; anda follower-plate having a pair of legs frame serving as a bail or handleby which to carry the device.

ln witness whereof l heieunto set my hand at Calumet, h/liohigan, thisthird day of December, 1910, in the presence of the l5 two undersignedwitnesses.

FRANK J. KOHLHAAS.

formed with holes the axes of which are inclined to the sides of saidU-shaped frame, which sides pass through said holes, whereby saidfollower-plate is mounted slidably and free to tilt upon said sides;said plates being in holding position inclined toward each other,whereby the distance between the I bases of the same in holding positionis;

Vitnesses CATHERINE M. ROBERTSON,

greater than the distance between their up- Oscnn W. BRUNS.

per edges; the base end of said U-Shaped may be obtained for ve centseach, 'oy addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, D. C.

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